Torsten Kratz (born 28 October 1970) is a German racing driver competing in the 24H Series for Hofor Racing. He is best known for his success in the LMP3 class with WTM by Rinaldi Racing.

Career Kratz made his car racing debut in 1998 at the Nürburgring, before joining the VLN Series in 2005 and later finishing runner-up in the 2007 Rundstrecken-Challenge Nürburgring standings. Racing primarily at the Nürburgring until 2021, Kratz won the 24 Hours of Nürburgring in Cup 5 class in 2015, the V4 class in 2017 and 2018, as well as the KL Cup in the latter year. During 2021, Kratz also made his debut in endurance prototypes, joining WTM Powered by Phoenix to compete in the LMP3 class of the Le Mans Cup alongside Leonard Weiss, the son of WTM owner Georg Weiss. In his first season in the series, Kratz finished third at both Spa and Algarve to end the year eighth in points.

Kratz started off 2022 in the Asian Le Mans Series for Rinaldi Racing in the LMP3 class, taking a lone podium at Abu Dhabi to secure third in points. For the rest of the year, Kratz joined WTM Racing for a dual campaign in both the Le Mans Cup and Prototype Cup Germany. In the former, Kratz qualified on pole three times, but was only able to score a best result of fourth twice as he rounded out the year eighth in the LMP3 standings. In the latter, Kratz won both races at the Hockenheimring and finished on the podium twice at Spa to secure runner-up honors in points despite missing the Nürburgring round.

Continuing with WTM by Rinaldi Racing for 2023, Kratz raced with them for a dual campaign in the LMP3 classes of the Asian and European Le Mans Series. Qualifying on pole for all four races of the former, Kratz was only able to take a lone podium at Abu Dhabi to take fifth in points. In the latter, Kratz scored a lone win at Algarve, as well as podiums at Le Castellet and Aragón to end the year third in points. During 2023, Kratz also raced for the same team in select rounds of the 24H GT Series, winning the 12 Hours of Estoril overall.

In 2024, Kratz remained with WTM by Rinaldi Racing to race in the European Le Mans Series, as well as returning to Konrad Motorsport to race in Prototype Cup Germany. Scoring a best result of fourth in the former and finishing 10th in the LMP3 standings, Kratz found more success in the latter, taking two wins at the Lausitzring and five more podiums to secure runner-up honors. During 2024, Kratz also made a one-off appearance in the Le Mans round of the Le Mans Cup for WTM by Rinaldi, in which he won race one.

Returning to WTM by Rinaldi for the 2025 European Le Mans Series season, Kratz scored a best result of fourth at Imola en route to a 12th-place points finish in LMP3. During 2025, Kratz also made select appearances in the 24H Series for Hofor Racing, winning the 12 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps and the 24 Hours of Barcelona in GT3 Am. Kratz continued with Hofor Racing for the 2025–26 24H Series Middle East season, scoring a GT3 Am class podium at the Dubai 24 Hour by finishing second in class and 12th overall.

In 2026, Kratz continued with Hofor Racing to race in the 24H Series. With the AMG-fielding team, Kratz won the 12 Hours of Paul Ricard overall and took two other podiums en route to the GT3 Am title.

Racing record Racing career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position2005 VLN Series 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V3 1 0 0 0 0 5th 2006 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V2 1 0 0 0 0 5th2007 Rundstrecken-Challenge Nürburgring 2nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V3-V4 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2008 VLN Series 2009 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP3T ADAC Nordbaden e.V 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2010 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 0 4th 2011 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP4T ADAC Nordbaden e.V. 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2012 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP4T MSC Odenkirchen 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 2013 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP8 Adrenalin Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 4th 2014 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V3 Torsten Kratz 1 0 0 0 0 9th2015 VLN Series – Cup 5 Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport 5 0 0 0 0 30 16th VLN Series – SP10 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – Cup 5 1 1 0 0 1 1st 24H Series – SP3 2 0 1 0 1 0 NC2016 VLN Series – Cup 5 Team Securtal Sorg Rennsport 24 18th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP10 1 0 0 0 0 DNF 24H Series – SP3 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC2017 VLN Series – Cup 5 Securtal Sorg Rennsport 1 0 0 0 0 24 22nd 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2018 VLN Series – V4 Securtal Sorg Rennsport 9 1 2 1 6 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – KL Cup 1 1 0 0 1 1st 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 1 0 0 1 1st2019 VLN Series – V4 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport 8 3 0 0 7 66.54 4th VLN Series – SP10 3 0 0 0 1 11.46 17th VLN Series – SP8T 2 0 0 0 0 10 17th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V4 1 0 0 0 0 6th ADAC GT4 Germany 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24H GT Series – GT4 1 0 0 0 0 22 NC2020 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – Cup 3 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport 4 0 0 0 0 10.98 19th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – V4 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – V2T 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – Cup 3 Team AVIA Sorg Rennsport 6 0 0 0 0 14.01 20th Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP10 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Le Mans Cup – LMP3 WTM Powered by Phoenix 7 0 0 0 2 37.5 8th2022 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 Rinaldi Racing 4 0 0 0 1 542nd Le Mans Cup – LMP3 WTM Racing 7 0 3 0 0 34 8th Prototype Cup Germany 6 2 1 0 4 972nd Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – Cup3 Team Sorg Rennsport 5 0 0 0 0 0 NC2023 Asian Le Mans Series – LMP3 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 4 0 4 0 1 31 5th European Le Mans Series – LMP3 6 1 1 0 3 663rd 24H GT Series – GT3 Am 2 1 0 0 1 72 10th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 0 0 0 1033rd Murphy Prototypes 2 0 0 0 0 Endurance Prototype Challenge – LMP3 Konrad Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 6 32nd Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – Cup3 Team Sorg Rennsport 7 0 0 0 2 84.5 9th 24 Hours of Nürburgring – TCR MSC Kempenich 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 2023–24 Middle East Trophy – GT3 Am HAAS RT 2 0 0 0 0 32 7th2024 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 6 0 0 0 0 38 10th Le Mans Cup – LMP3 2 1 0 0 1 0 NC Prototype Cup Germany Konrad Motorsport 12 2 0 0 7 1972nd Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – SP9 Pro-Am 2 0 0 0 1 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP9 Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 1 3rd2025 European Le Mans Series – LMP3 WTM by Rinaldi Racing 6 0 1 0 0 29 12th 24H Series – GT3 Am Hofor Racing 3 2 0 0 2 112 7th 2025–26 24H Series Middle East – GT3 Am Hofor Racing 2 0 0 0 1 52 5th2026 24H Series – GT3 Am Hofor Racing 5 1 0 0 3 1521st 24 Hours of Nürburgring – Cup2 Am 1 0 0 0 0 DNF Prototype Cup Europe LAREA GT1 Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NCSources:

Complete Le Mans Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2021 WTM Powered by Phoenix LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 BAR LEC MNZ LMS1 LMS2 SPA POR 8th 37.5 2022 WTM Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08LECIMOLMS1LMS2MNZSPAALG 8th 342023 WTM by Rinaldi RacingLMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 CAT LMS1 LMS2 LEC33rd0 Murphy Prototypes ARA SPA ALG 2024 WTM by Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 CAT LEC LMS1 LMS2 SPA MUG ALG NC 0

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 Pos. Points 2022 Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU23rd54 2023 WTM by Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK50VE 5.0 L V8 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU2 5th 31

Complete Prototype Cup Germany results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points 2022 Wochenspiegel Team Monschau Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8SPA1SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2LAU1LAU2HOC1HOC22nd97 2024 Konrad Motorsport Ligier JS P320 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 SPA1 SPA2 LAU1 LAU2 LAU3 ZAN1 ZAN2 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 2nd 197

Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2023 WTM by Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 CAT LEC ARA SPA ALG ALG3rd66 2024 WTM by Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine M30 - D08 Nissan VK56DE 5.6 L V8 CAT LEC IMO SPA MUG ALG 10th 38 2025 WTM by Rinaldi Racing LMP3 Duqueine D09 Toyota V35A-FTS 3.5 L V6 CAT LEC IMO SPA SIL ALG 12th 29

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